Black Hole Sun

Durango is playing the cards he was dealt.

And it’s not a good hand. Cast out as a masterless dalit mercenary on a rotting, terraformed Mars, he scrapes together whatever dirty work he can find in the crowded alleys of New Eden. Every contract carries bad odds and worse pay. When desperate miners hire him to protect Outpost Fisher Four from the ravenous Dræu, Durango leads a ragged crew south across the frozen permafrost to make an impossible stand. Nobody volunteers to wage war against cannibals for pocket change.

He’s lost his family. He’s lost his crew. And he’s got the scars to prove it. Trouble always finds him broke and running out of time.

You don’t want to mess with Durango.

• Artificial Intelligence: A flash-cloned neural program named Mimi monitors Durango’s telemetry, regulates his bioadaptive symbiarmor, and provides sarcastic commentary straight to his brain stem.
• Found Family: Sharpshooter Vienne, fast-talking demolitions whiz Fuse, and chain-gun-wielding Jenkins band together as masterless outcasts who fight for each other when the world writes them off.
• Race Against Time: The defenders must drop the Zhao Zhou Bridge with explosives and fortify shipping containers before a ravenous horde overruns Outpost Fisher Four.
• Also by This Author: Soul Enchilada, Invisible Sun and Shadow on the Sun.